LA Observed Photo Gallery

Fire damage on PCH

2013-06-03T06:31:07Z

Evidence of the Springs Fire is everywhere along Pacific Coast Highway north of Malibu.

Mayor-elect's new ride

2013-05-28T07:13:04Z

As of last week, Los Angeles mayor-elect Eric Garcetti is protected by an LAPD detail and driven around the city in a dark Chevy Suburban. The novelty had not yet worn off for the media when Garcetti visited with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at Getty House on May 23, 2013.

Hitchin' a ride

2013-05-24T19:01:48Z

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa after helping to open a new lane of traffic today on the northbound 405 near Santa Monica Boulevard. The freeway widening and improvement project overseen by Metro is about a year behind schedule. Photo by Gary Leonard: click it see bigger.

Villaraigosa and Garcetti

2013-05-24T06:14:48Z

Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa hugged mayor-elect Eric Garcetti outside Getty House this morning and called him a friend. But does the mayor finally look tired of seeing the TV cameras in his front yard?

Sidewalk piñatas

2013-05-20T05:46:56Z

Piñatas for sale on Olympic Boulevard at Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles.

Koch Brothers protest

2013-05-15T06:29:00Z

About 200 people came out for a downtown Los Angeles rally against the conservative Koch brothers possibly buying the Los Angeles Times. Labor unions and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy organized the event and Ry Cooder sang a song.

Fan palm at Herald Examiner

2013-05-10T16:31:16Z

A Mexican fan palm grows out of the sidewalk beside the Herald Examiner building on 11th Street in downtown Los Angeles.

News set

2013-05-09T07:23:28Z

Fox 11 News in Los Angeles unveiled a new set on May 8, 2013.

News Seafood

2013-05-07T07:40:59Z

North Chinatown. Our kind of place.

End of Ciclavia day

2013-04-22T05:00:11Z

Expo Line riders queue at the Culver City station an hour after the end of the first Ciclavia to include the Westside and Venice Beach.

Ciclavia cleanup

2013-04-22T04:57:38Z

Portable bathrooms pass by the historic Culver Hotel at the end of the first Ciclavia to reach Culver City.

Mar Vista farmers market

2013-03-11T09:18:02Z

A day of sunshine after rain brought out a crowd to the Sunday market on Grandview Avenue in Mar Vista. Sunday was also the first day of Daylight Saving Time.

Herald Examiner photographers

2013-03-11T09:15:20Z

Photographers from the late Los Angeles Herald Examiner newspaper told stories and showed pictures on Saturday at the Central Library in Los Angeles.

Robert Kennedy on Olvera Street

2013-03-06T09:10:19Z

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy at the center of a throng of supporters on Olvera Street in Los Angeles, 1968. William Reagh photo in the collection of the Los Angeles Public Library. More William Reagh.

Truck and pallets

2013-02-13T16:24:56Z

Porter Street, south of Downtown Los Angeles.